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Beirut Explosion Leaves Over 100 Dead & 4,000 Injured, Blast May Have Been Caused By A Welder

Beirut Explosion Leaves Over 100 Dead & 4,000 Injured, Blast May Have Been Caused By A Welder

More than 100 people died and 4,000 were injured in the devastating explosion that ripped through the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, the Daily Mail reported. A further 300,000 citizens were left homeless by the catastrophe, as hospitals struggled to cope. According to the report, the blast that ripped through the city’s port area […]

3y ago

Beirut Explosion Rocks City, Officials Fear Many Casualties

Beirut Explosion Rocks City, Officials Fear Many Casualties

A massive explosion rocked the city of Beirut today, as seen in videos posted across social media. BBC reported that the blast happened in the port area of the city and that authorities “fear many casualties.” The cause of the explosion has not been confirmed. Lebanon’s health minister told reporters there were many injuries and […]

3y ago

Ismail Ajjawi, Harvard University Student From Lebanon, Barred From Entering The United States

Ismail Ajjawi, Harvard University Student From Lebanon, Barred From Entering The United States

A 17-year-old student from Lebanon, who was slated to attend Harvard University, was denied entry into the United States when his flight arrived in Boston, according to officials at the school, per a report from NBC News on Tuesday. Ismail Ajjawi, who was selected as a member of Harvard’s incoming freshman class – the class […]

4y ago

Police Arrest 18-Year-Old Murder Suspect In Lebanon, Tennessee

Police Arrest 18-Year-Old Murder Suspect In Lebanon, Tennessee

Cameron Griffith was shot at what was described as a discount tobacco convenience store in Lebanon, Tennesee, on Sunday, December 17, just eight days before Christmas. After what an eyewitness says was a confrontation between Griffith and numerous other parties, the sound of gunfire was heard. A friend of Griffith stated that the 19-year-old asked […]

5y ago

Former Adult Video Star Mia Khalifa Claims ISIS Harassed Her On Social Media

Former Adult Video Star Mia Khalifa Claims ISIS Harassed Her On Social Media

Mia Khalifa claims she was threatened by ISIS. The Lebanese social media star received threats from the terrorist group online. Mia isn’t letting the threats get to her though. She made a career off her social media presence. She’s not backing down anytime soon. Social media users associated with the Islamic State threatened to “behead” […]

6y ago

‘Wonder Woman’ Banned In Lebanon Because Gal Gadot Is Israeli And Former IDF Soldier

‘Wonder Woman’ Banned In Lebanon Because Gal Gadot Is Israeli And Former IDF Soldier

The Lebanese authorities have banned Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman from showing in the country’s theaters reportedly because the lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli who served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Although the Lebanese authorities gave no official reason for the ban, the Associated Press noted that Lebanon is officially at […]

7y ago

Female Syrian Refugees Share How Surprisingly Freeing Their Situation Is, Empowerment Has Resulted

Female Syrian Refugees Share How Surprisingly Freeing Their Situation Is, Empowerment Has Resulted

Samar Hijazi, a 45-year-old Syrian refugee who was married for 33 years to a man she described as “abusive and domineering” recently was granted a divorce. The refugee from Syria had wished for this day to come for years, but it had never seemed a possibility in the life she once knew in the nation […]

7y ago

‘Game Of Thrones’ Addiction Is Deadly: Heroin Laced With Fentanyl Caused Weekend Overdoses 

‘Game Of Thrones’ Addiction Is Deadly: Heroin Laced With Fentanyl Caused Weekend Overdoses 

A lethal strain of heroin labeled with the Game of Thrones logo is circulating in New Hampshire and Vermont, and law enforcement and health officials have released public health warnings after at least 10 people overdosed on the potent drug over the weekend, reports WDTN. Police arraigned Enfield resident Brock Richardson on Monday on two […]

7y ago

Astronomer Reports Sighting A UFO That Warped Surrounding Air As It Whizzed Past His Property In Lebanon, Oregon

Astronomer Reports Sighting A UFO That Warped Surrounding Air As It Whizzed Past His Property In Lebanon, Oregon

A witness in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon, reports sighting a UFO that flew across his property in a suburban area. The mysterious object flew past the witness at tremendous speed, a few feet off and parallel to the ground. As it passed, the witness noticed to his astonishment that it generated a strange noise and […]

7y ago

Sea Turtle Selfie: Endangered Sea Turtle Recovering After Being Beaten With Sticks And Stepped On For Selfies

Sea Turtle Selfie: Endangered Sea Turtle Recovering After Being Beaten With Sticks And Stepped On For Selfies

A sea turtle is now recovering after enduring abuse from a group of people who dragged it out of a beach in Lebanon so they could take a selfie. According to National Geographic, the endangered loggerhead sea turtle was pulled out of the shores at Havana beach in Rmeileh. Once on the beach, the sea […]

7y ago

Turtle Dragged Out Of Sea So Children Could Ride On It – Creature Thrown Onto Shore, Beaten, And Stepped On By Tourists In Lebanon

Turtle Dragged Out Of Sea So Children Could Ride On It – Creature Thrown Onto Shore, Beaten, And Stepped On By Tourists In Lebanon

Tourists severely abused a turtle that ventured a little too close to a crowded beach in Lebanon. The beachgoers dragged the poor creature out of the sea and threw it on the shore for photos. Thereafter, a few people even beat the turtle and put their toddlers on its back, injuring the helpless animal. A […]

7y ago

World Bank Approves $100 Million To Create 100k Jobs For Jordanians, Syrian Refugees

World Bank Approves $100 Million To Create 100k Jobs For Jordanians, Syrian Refugees

Jordan will receive a low-interest loan of $100 million aiming to create 100,000 new jobs for Jordanians and Syrian refugees in the next five years, the World Bank said on Sunday. The World Bank’s Board of Directors offered the long-term, almost interest-free loan as part of an attempt by the international community to improve conditions […]

8y ago

Innocent Israeli Vulture Accused Of Being A Spy, Briefly Detained By Suspicious Lebanese

Innocent Israeli Vulture Accused Of Being A Spy, Briefly Detained By Suspicious Lebanese

An innocent Israeli griffin vulture was briefly detained by Lebanese villagers this week, fearful that the bird was spying. Those fears turned out to be unfounded, but the accusation against the vulture is just the most recent in a long history of animal spy suspicions between the sparring nations. If this creature (also called a […]

8y ago

Son of Muammar Gaddafi Kidnapped and Freed Shortly After in Lebanon

Son of Muammar Gaddafi Kidnapped and Freed Shortly After in Lebanon

Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was kidnapped on Friday in Lebanon by militants wanting to know about the fate of Siite Muslim cleric who was declared missing in Libya decades ago, according to The Times of Israel.He was released shortly after according to a Lebanese security official. According to The […]

8y ago

‘He Made Us Proud’: Widow Of Heroic Beirut Man Who Tackled Suicide Bomber Praises Late Husband

‘He Made Us Proud’: Widow Of Heroic Beirut Man Who Tackled Suicide Bomber Praises Late Husband

Adel Termos was a 32-year-old Beirut man who excelled at his mechanic job and adored his wife and two children. On November 12, Termos was a man who tackled one of two suicide bombers that killed 43 and seriously injured over 230. Termos’ widow, though she is grieving, says of her heroic husband, who was […]

8y ago

11 Arrests In Beirut Over Suicide Bombings That Killed 44 People Last Week

11 Arrests In Beirut Over Suicide Bombings That Killed 44 People Last Week

Lebanon officials have announced 11 arrests in Beirut over the weekend, all in connection with last Thursday’s terrorist attacks, which resulted in the deaths of 44 people, reported Yahoo! News. According to Lebanon Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq, the original target was a hospital and most of those detained are Syrian. “The detained include seven Syrians […]

8y ago

Beirut Attack Virtually Ignored, People Ask Why

Beirut Attack Virtually Ignored, People Ask Why

A day before the devastating Friday the 13th attacks in Paris, France, 43 people were killed, and 200 were injured in a horrific bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. While both attacks are terrible, there are many who are questioning why the world seemed virtually silent about the Beirut bombing. “Whilst everyone talks about #Paris no one […]

8y ago

Arctic Doomsday Vault Withdrawal: First Ever Seed Removal Completed

Arctic Doomsday Vault Withdrawal: First Ever Seed Removal Completed

The first ever doomsday vault withdrawal has been successfully completed. The seed bank, or gene bank, in the Arctic just released samples which had originally been kept in the civil war-torn nation of Syria. The doomsday seed vault withdrawal involved sending thousands of seeds from the Arctic to Morocco and Lebanon, MSN reports. The gene […]

8y ago

Will Iran Be The Next U.S. Ally Against The Islamic State?

Will Iran Be The Next U.S. Ally Against The Islamic State?

The military campaign against the Islamic State, unsuccessfully led by the United States, may soon find help from an unlikely corner. That’s because Iranian President Hassan Rouhani just went on Iranian national television and declared his country to be the Middle East’s last best hope against terrorism. With the U.S. led coalition unwilling to commit […]

8y ago

Internet Raises $150K For Syrian Refugee, And His Reaction Will Bring You To Tears

Internet Raises $150K For Syrian Refugee, And His Reaction Will Bring You To Tears

Get your tissues ready. In a story that will reaffirm your faith in humanity, the internet has rallied to help an anonymous Syrian refugee, whose picture surfaced on social media last week. Abdul Haleem al-Kader, a Palestinian-Syrian refugee and single father, suffered a misfortune that required him to sell pens on the streets of Lebanon […]

8y ago

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